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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a foreign national" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a person who is a citizen of a country other than the one in which they are currently residing or being discussed.
Example: "The embassy provides assistance to a foreign national who needs help with visa issues."
Alternatives: "an international citizen" or "a non-citizen resident".
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A pretext to detain a foreign national?
Then, you are just a foreign national.
I am a foreign national; can I claim a credit?
There are some who insist that "their job" has been taken by a foreign national.
The police reportedly told the bureau that Dotcom was a foreign national.
In that case a foreign national, claiming a Convention violation, sought federal habeas corpus.
"I don't know of any other incident of a foreign national being taken on foreign soil.
My father was applying for law schools and you couldn't be married to a foreign national".
Things are more complicated if a C.I.A. officer marries a foreign national.
I remember representing a young woman who was a foreign national and pregnant.
An étranger can mean a foreign national, an alienated outsider or an unfamiliar traveller.
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